Hey everyone, welcome to Pastor Rick Warren's Daily Hope. Now today, we're going to bring our series

called 40 Days of Prayer to a close. I hope it's been as impactful on you as it has been on me.

And today we're going to take a final look at how to cultivate a powerful prayer life so you can

experience breakthroughs in your relationships,

finances, health, and really every other area of your life. And now let's join Pastor Rick

with the final part of a message called When God Says No. Some things I'm never going to understand

why they happen. And there's some things that are never going to change no matter how much you pray.

Because God's more interested in your character

than your comfort, as I said.

But there's another thing you need to learn,

and it's that sometimes you're going to suffer

for the benefit of other people.

That's called redemptive suffering.

I was thinking this week about all of the ministries that were started in this church

because people had prayers that they'd prayed and God said no to.

They prayed for a child and they didn't get a child. And so they started the adoption ministry.

Or they prayed for instant healing of an addiction, but it didn't happen. So they started the recovery

ministry. And I could give you a hundred other ministries that started because God said no to an easy answer.

And instead, God says, I'm going to take your pain and bless other people.

You have no idea how many famous people, K and I and non-famous people, have counseled about suicide since Matthew took his life.

We're not going to waste our pain.

You have no idea how many people who have come forward saying,

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